Also concerning Christy are her unresolved feelings for two suitors, the Rev. Consequently, resistance to the progress it will bring causes the town to become resentful of Christy’s high-minded ways.Īmid this turmoil, Christy’s ambitions to have a student enroll in college, along with the crash landing of a biplane piloted by female aviator Harriet Quimby, only solidify the unyielding march of progress on Cutter Gap. Yet when thieves begin to run amok, the locals blame the road for bringing outsiders to the cove. Christy has grown to know and respect the mountain people and their traditions. The year is 1912, and the first road into town is under construction. Based on Catherine Marshall’s best-selling novel and continuing where the 1994-95 CBS television series left off, “Christy: The Movie” follows the early 20th century experiences of Christy Huddleston, an idealistic 19-year-old who has left the privileged city life she has known for a mission house teaching position in an impoverished Appalachian community known as Cutter Gap.
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